[Senate Document 112-12]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



112th Congress
2nd Session                                      Senate Document 112-12

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           NATIONAL DEBATE TOPIC FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, 2012-2013

                  Resolved: The United States Federal

                Government Should Substantially Increase

                   Its Transportation Infrastructure

                    Investment in the United States

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           NATIONAL DEBATE TOPIC FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, 2012-2013

            Pursuant to 44 United States Code, Section 1333

             Compiled by the Congressional Research Service

                    and the Knowledge Services Group

                          Library of Congress
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           112th Congress 2nd Session/Senate Document 112-12

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           NATIONAL DEBATE TOPIC FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, 2012-2013

                  Resolved: The United States Federal

                Government Should Substantially Increase

                   Its Transportation Infrastructure

                    Investment in the United States

=======================================================================


           NATIONAL DEBATE TOPIC FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, 2012-2013

            Pursuant to 44 United States Code, Section 1333

             Compiled by the Congressional Research Service

                    and the Knowledge Services Group

                          Library of Congress




                    U.S. Government Printing Office

                          Washington, DC 2014
  

                         44 U.S.C. SECTION 1333

CHAPTER 13--PARTICULAR REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS

        Sec. 1333. National high school and college debate topics

        (a) The Librarian of Congress shall prepare compilations of 
        pertinent excerpts, bibliographical references, and other 
        appropriate materials relating to:

                (1) the subject selected annually by the National 
                University Extension Association as the national high 
                school debate topic and

                (2) the subject selected annually by the American 
                Speech Association as the national college debate 
                topic.

        In preparing the compilations the Librarian shall include 
materials which in his judgment are representative of, and give equal 
emphasis to, the opposing points of view on the respective topics.

        (b) The compilations on the high sehool debate topics shall be 
        printed as Senate documents and the compilations on the college 
        debate topics shall be printed as House of Representative 
        documents, the cost of which shall he charged to the 
        congressional allotment for printing and binding. Additional 
        copies may be printed in the quantities and distributed in the 
        manner the Joint Committee on Printing directs.

(P.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1270)

Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Supp. III, Sec. 170 [Sec. 276a] (Dec. 
30, 1963, Pub. L. 88-246, Secs. 1, 2, 77 Stat. 802)


                            C O N T E N T S

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Foreword.........................................................     V
Introduction.....................................................    IX
General Information..............................................     1
    Congressional Hearings.......................................     2
    Government Accountability Office Reports.....................     4
    Think Tanks and Transportation Research Board................     5
    Books, Articles, and Government Reports......................    13
Airports and Airways.............................................    19
    Government Accountability Office Reports.....................    20
    Think Tanks and Transportation Research Board................    23
    Books, Articles, and Government Reports......................    25
Bridges and Tunnels, Highways and Roads, Transit.................    27
    Congressional Hearings.......................................    28
    Government Accountability Office Reports.....................    32
    Think Tanks and Transportation Research Board................    38
    Books, Articles, and Government Reports......................    49
Maritime: Ports and Waterways....................................    53
    Congressional Hearings.......................................    54
    Government Accountability Office Reports.....................    54
    Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of 
      Transportation.............................................    55
    Think Tanks and Transportation Research Board................    56
    Books, Articles, and Government Reports......................    57
Railroads........................................................    59
    Congressional Hearings.......................................    60
    Government Accountability Office Reports.....................    61
    Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of 
      Transportation.............................................    63
    Think Tanks and Transportation Research Board................    64
    Government Report............................................    66
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5, 123 
    Stat 115)....................................................    68
    Congressional Hearings.......................................    69
    Government Accountability Office Reports.....................    73
    Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of 
      Transportation.............................................    74
    Think Tanks and Transportation Research Board................    76
    Books, Articles, and Government Reports......................    77
Agencies and Organizations.......................................    79
Subject Bibliography.............................................    90
  
Foreword

          The 2012-2013 high school debate topic is: ``Resolved: The 
United States federal government should substantially increase its 
transportation infrastructure investment in the United States.''

          In compliance with 44 U.S.C. Section 1333, the Congressional 
Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress (LC) prepared this 
bibliography to assist high school debaters in researching the topic. 
This bibliography is intended to assist debaters in the identification 
of resources on the topic. In selecting terms and websites for this 
manual, CRS sampled a wide spectrum of opinions reflected in the 
current literature on this issue. No preference for any policy is 
indicated by the selection or positioning of articles or websites 
cited, nor is CRS disapproval of any policy or article to be inferred 
from its omission.

          The manual is organized by subjects and source areas. For 
example, General Information comprises Congressional Hearings; Think 
Tanks and the Transportation Research Board (TRB);\1\ and Books and 
Articles. The other sections in addition to General Information are 
Airports and Airways; Bridges and Tunnels, Highways and Roads, and 
Transit; Maritime: Ports and Waterways; Railroads; the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5, 123 Stat 115) which 
is included because the Act contained appropriations for immediate 
expenditures on transportation infrastructure and the section contains 
congressional hearings both before and after the appropriation and 
expenditure of funds; and Agencies and Organizations.
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    \1\The Transportation Research Board (TRB) is a part of the 
National Academies and is partially funded by the federal government 
through the National Science Foundation as well as through grants from 
executive branch agencies. TRB not only receives grants, but also gives 
and oversees research grants on transportation-related subjects.

          Many of the U.S. government documents listed in the 
bibliography are available either online or in federal depository 
libraries. These libraries may be identified in the Federal Depository 
Library Directory at: http://catalog.gpo.gov/fdlpdir/FDLPdir.jsp. Your 
local public library may be able to obtain the documents that are not 
available in an online format from these federal depository libraries 
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through an interlibrary loan.

          The Library of Congress cannot distribute copies of this 
publication or other materials identified throughout this publication 
to debaters. This publication and other U.S. government documents may 
also be found online in the Federal Digital System at: http://
www.gpo.gov/fdsys.

          The bibliography was prepared by John Williamson, Mark 
Gurevitz, Carol Glover and Rita Tehan, Information Research Specialists 
in the Resources, Science and Industry Section of the Knowledge 
Services Group, and by Audrey Celeste Crane-Hirsch, Information 
Research Specialist in the Humanities Section of the Knowledge Services 
Group, CRS, under the direction of Anne Marie Gwynn, Head of the 
Resources, Science and Industry Section, Knowledge Services Group, CRS.

          Good luck to each debater in researching, preparing, and 
presenting arguments on this year's topic.
                                              Mary B. Mazanec, Director
                                         Congressional Research Service
           NATIONAL DEBATE TOPIC FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, 2012-2013

         Resolved: The United States Federal Government Should

        Substantially Increase Its Transportation Infrastructure

                    Investment in the United States

                    AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE

                   2012-2013 HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE TOPIC

                              Compiled by

        John Williamson, Mark Gurevitz, Carol Glover, Rita Tehan

                    Information Research Specialists

           Resources, Science and Industry Consulting Section

                        Knowledge Services Group

                     Congressional Research Service

                                  and

                       Audrey Celeste Crane-Hirsh

                    Information Research Specialist

                     Humanities Consulting Section

                        Knowledge Services Group

                     Congressional Research Service

            Under the direction of Anne Gwynn, Section Head

           Resources, Science and Industry Consulting Section

                        Knowledge Services Group

                     Congressional Research Service

                             December 2013
  
Introduction

        The 2012-2013 high school debate topic is: ``Resolved: The 
United States federal government should substantially increase its 
transportation infrastructure investment in the United States.''

        This selective bibliography is intended to assist debaters as 
they identify resources and references on the debate topic and includes 
citations to books, congressional publications, magazine and journal 
articles, and websites. The annotations are drawn from either the 
Transportation Research Board's Transport Research International 
Documentation database (TRID, http://trid.trb.org/) or the website of 
the publishers or from specialized databases (e.g., ProQuest 
Congressional). CRS is not responsible for the contents of the 
annotations. This compilation is not intended to supply complete 
coverage of the topic. Further research on the topic resources can be 
done at high school, research, depository, and public libraries. Also, 
debaters are encouraged to consult international organizations, U.S. 
Government agencies, private think tanks, and non-governmental 
organizations (NG0s) and their websites, which can provide further 
information on the topic of transportation infrastructure investment. 
The manual is divided into six subtopics:

General Information
Airports and Airways
Bridges and Tunnels, Highways and Roads, Transit
Maritime: Ports and Waterways
Railroads
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5, 123 Stat 
115)
Agencies and Organizations
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